MONTREAL -- The highlights of Danny Maciocias first year as coach of the University of Montreal Carabins were handing the defending champion Laval Rouge et Or their first regular season loss in two years and upsetting Sherbrooke in the opening round of the playoffs. Guy Lapointe Jersey . Now the former Edmonton Eskimos coach and general manager has the toughest task of all -- beating the mighty Rouge et Or on their home turf in the CIS Quebec conference championship game and claiming the Dunsmore Cup. "Its not going to be easy," Maciocia said this week. "Well be playing in a hostile environment where theyve had a lot of success. "The key ingredient is going to be along the line of scrimmage. Can we hold off their front four and can we manage to create some havoc in their backfield? If we can, then we stand a chance, but a lot of things have to fall into place for that to happen." No. 1-ranked Laval faces No. 7 Montreal on Saturday in Quebec City. Other CIS conference finals have No. 6 UBC at No. 2 Calgary, No. 4 McMaster at No. 3 Western and unranked St. Marys at No. 9 Acadia. Defending Vanier Cup champion Laval was 8-1 this season, with the only loss a 17-12 decision at Montreal (6-3) on Oct. 8. The Carabins recorded eight sacks, two fumble recoveries and an interception in that game, but still needed a last-minute touchdown by tailback Rotrand Sene to win. "If youre a true champion you want to avenge your losses and we have the opportunity for that," said Laval coach Glen Constantin. "It happened before in 2009. It seems every second year we stumble when we play in Montreal. Well prepare properly and hope we have a good showing at home." Last fall, Maciocia took over a Montreal team that was in revolt over the firing of former coach Marc Santerre. Some players had vowed to quit the team. But the veteran former CFL coach managed to get nearly all the players back and put together a strong season. They were underdogs in the semifinals at Sherbrooke, who had beaten them twice this year, but pulled out a victory. Constanin knows Maciocias team will show up ready to try for another upset. "No doubt, any time you go against a very good football coach thats a very strategic, methodical guy who pays a lot of attention to detail, its a good challenge," said Constantin. "Were amateurs compared to him, but weve held our own against the Greg Marshalls and Blake Nills of this world, so we have no complexes. "Preparation is one of our traits also. But its always a great challenge and a rewarding one when things go your way." Two seasons ago, the Carabins also beat the Rouge et Or at home in the regular season but then were defeated 31-7 in the conference final at Laval. The Carabins feature a big pass rush and a strong running game of their own with Sene and quarterback Alexandre Nadeau-Piuze, while Laval quarterback Bruno Prudhomme is a threat throwing the ball and handing it off to the top running back in the conference, Sebastien Levesque "Theyre very physical on defence and they dont allow you much," Constanin added. "Offensively, we need to stop their running back. "Their running game is outstanding with Sene and whats developed over the last couple of weeks is their quarterbacks scrambling ability. He buys time in the pocket and can take off. If we stop them, well have a good chance to have success." Tomas Plekanec Canadiens Jersey . In the subsequent 36 minutes, reality hit hard. The Raptors saw both sides of the post-Gay coin in 48 minutes of basketball. "Theres no excuses in this league but Im going to chalk this one [up] to travel. Alexei Kovalev Canadiens Jersey . Bartel, who is from Australia, punted 229 times for 9,904 yards with a 43.2 average in two seasons with the Ticats. Williams, the first overall pick by Saskatchewan in 2010, signed with Hamilton as a free agent a year ago and had one defensive tackle and one special teams tackle in just six games with the Ticats last season.Pittsburgh Penguins forward James Neal and Detroit Red Wings forward David Legwand have bobth been handed $5,000 fines by the National Hockey League on Friday. Legwand has been for butt-ending Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin in in Detroits 5-4 overtime victory on Thursday. The incident occurred at 16:14 off the third period. Alex Galchenyuk Jersey. Legwand was assessed a major penalty and game misconduct for butt-ending. Neal was fined for cross-checking Red Wings forward Luke Glendening in the same game. Neals incident occurred at 5:19 of the second period. Neal was assessed a minor penalty for cross-checking. Cheap NFL JerseysCheap NFL Jerseys ChinaCheap Jerseys From ChinaCheap NFL Jerseys AuthenticWholesale Jerseys ChinaCheap NFL Jerseys ChinaNFL Cheap JerseysCheap Soccer Jerseys ' ' '__________________J,HLLL86